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Huawei Technologies, the world’s third-largest smartphone producer, spared no expense to launch its flagship model in the United States, taking the Mate 10 Pro to the iPhone’s home turf in its most aggressive sales pitch.The Shenzhen-based company, which overtook Apple in China in smartphone shipments in June and July last year, had hired Scarlett Johansson and Gal Gadot to advertise its P9 smartphone model for the worldwide market. For the US launch of its latest flagship model, Huawei had a special mission for Gadot, one of the highest-paid and highest-grossing actress of 2017.“Remember, it’s pronounced Wow Way,” said Gadot, the Israel-born actress best known for her role as the superhero Wonder Woman, in a video clip during Huawei’s coming-out party this week in Las Vegas.Huawei, founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei in southern China, is the world’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment. Its name, composed of two Chinese characters, can … [Read more...] about Wow Way or Huawei? A readable Chinese brand is the first key in unlocking America’s market

NEW YORK: US telecoms carrier AT&T has dropped plans to sell Chinese brand Huawei's smartphones in the United States, dealing a setback to the No.3 global phone maker's expansion plans, according to news reports. The Wall Street Journal, which reported the development Tuesday, gave no reason for AT&T Inc.'s decision. The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong said Huawei Technologies Ltd's vice president for consumer business, Richard Yu, confirmed the move in a text message to the newspaper and wrote, "We have been harmed again."A Huawei spokesman declined to comment.Yu told The Associated Press in December the company would announce smartphone sales through a US carrier this week. Huawei sells some models in US electronics stores and online but has a minimal share of an American market in which most sales are through carriers.Ahead of the planned announcement, Huawei had issued a statement that said, "Over the past five years Huawei has proven itself by delivering premium … [Read more...] about Plan to sell Huawei smartphones in US halted

SHANGHAI—With an advanced screen, a special artificial-intelligence microchip and an eye-popping price, the newest smartphone from Huawei Technologies was meant to show Americans what China can do with technology.Instead, Huawei’s push to sell the phone in the United States has suddenly lost a powerful backer — and the push has attracted some unwanted scrutiny from Washington.AT&T walked away from a deal to sell the Huawei smartphone, the Mate 10, to customers in the United States just before the partnership was set to be unveiled, said two people familiar with the plans, who spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because the discussions were not public. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that AT&T had changed plans.Read more: Huawei, LG hope to fill Samsung smartphone voidThe reasons that led to AT&T’s shift were not entirely clear. But last month, a group of lawmakers wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing … [Read more...] about AT&T drops plans to carry Huawei’s smartphones in U.S. amid concerns over Chinese spying: reports

AT&T has reneged on Huawei’s first ever distribution deal with a US carrier, leaving the firm’s expansion ambitions in tatters. Huawei is reportedly trying to secure a new deal with rival Verizon, but political pressure from US politicians may mean the firm will struggle to find a new partner. Huawei is the fourth biggest smartphone maker in the world, and hoped to finally crack the US market with the launch of the new Mate 10 Pro flagship phone. It looks like the firm will launch the phone without a carrier partner – but most US consumers only buy their phones through a carrier. The collapse of the deal coincides with US politicians expressing concerns that Huawei is a security threat. Chinese smartphone maker Huawei hit a major stumbling block in its US expansion plans, after its first ever deal with an American carrier fell through due to reported political … [Read more...] about Huawei’s big US push is in tatters after AT&T cancelled a distribution deal for its latest phone

A deal under which U.S. carrier AT&T Inc was to have sold smartphones made by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has collapsed at the eleventh hour, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a major setback for the Chinese firm’s global ambitions.A separate person familiar with the discussions said that security concerns had arisen without elaborating further.AT&T was pressured to drop the deal after members of the U.S. Senate and House intelligence committees sent a letter on Dec. 20 to the Federal Communications Commission citing concerns about Huawei’s plans to launch consumer products through a major U.S. telecom carrier, online tech news site The Information reported.Huawei said in a statement to Reuters on Tuesday that its flagship premium smartphone Mate 10 Pro – Huawei’s challenge to the iPhone – will not be sold in the United States via a telecoms carrier but only through open channels.“The U.S. market presents unique challenges for … [Read more...] about China’s Huawei hit by last minute collapse of AT&T phone distribution deal